Oh my gosh. I can't believe how narrow the cancel is at 9:20. Unreal.

Ain't nothing wrong with a drop of Dad dancing. I've won many a prize for mine. Tomatoes, eggs, cans, bottles....

blimey...that lock was fierce....

Lovely color for a scarf. I did t see that in your shop. But maybe it was before I started looking..

Love videos🎉

How much do I LOVE your weaving style?!?!? Just beautiful.

With nine coats of paint the boat might sink some centimetres with the weight of the colours.

You're such a lovely couple. I so enjoy your escapades across the land where my forebearers originated as I can't get there myself. Blessings from across the pond.

Great shot of an impressive swing bridge...I will be watching that again...xox

Awesome as always...more dancing please!

You guys are my new favorite KZfaq narrow about channel

Late to your channel, but just absolutely loving it! So much so, that I decided to go back to all episodes in order and have been liking each and every one! Great work! Has anyone ever told Fran she’s a dead ringer for Helen Mirren? Maybe they’re related! I’m a Yank whose goal is to live over there and be a continuous cruiser (my mum is a British citizen) so wish me luck! I also watch your new videos when they come out so keep up the great content! 🙌🇬🇧👏

Another delightful video! Yes, you must dance more often Rich! And Fran, you're weaving looks totally incredible and beautiful! I am amazed, my brain would not allow me to do that, you really have a knack (talent)!

.....I think that bloke behind you at 4.40 has dived in the bushes for a wee!🤣

Superb Dad dancing! Lovely vid once again, thank you both :-)

Yeah baby! Loved the dancing! The world needs more of that for sure! Very impressed with Fran's skills going through that lock. Love seeing the dogs running along the towpath. I have dogs, not water dogs, so always interested in how boat dogs stay safe. Do you have an emergency kit for them too? Really enjoy seeing Fran's weaving/ loom work too. Very interesting. Beautiful video. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with the world.

I absolutely love your curtains :)

Now super chilled after watching these two...enjoying life ...crack on Rich and Fran.....brilliant stuff...

Awesome trip today. Love your weaving, Fran.

Well done on that awkward lock! My engine does approx 1300 rpm for 2-3mph on the canals, I had it up to 1500 on the (flat calm) rivers.

Re: the engine revs, just a quick comment to add to the mix; we've hired a couple of times and each hire company has recommended keeping the revs at 1000 to 1200, which we did, and both boats moved well at that engine speed. Another very enjoyable vlog, thank you.

Go Daddy! 🕺😄 don't you know never work with children or animals haha. I thought you were both going in!😯😁

It gets better and better

Our very first canal was the K and A, not far from where you are here. After those locks the other canals we have been on are a piece of cake 😁 We walk along the canal and do geocaching along the way.

Great video love the dance

We always had a sharp pair of shears on the boat to help us clear a mooring spot. Just love your videos!

Brill. Thank you

If you’re gonna paint the hull then I would recommend getting that new engineered paint made for boats that all big tankers & cargo ships are using that makes the boat much more slippery thus increases speed and improves fuel economy. Apparently it also helps keep things from growing on the hull. Don’t know if that happens much in canals but is a huge problem for ocean going boats. Best of luck

Great video you guys. Let's have one wth Fran showing us her weaving, how to do it and modelling some ? 🎨👍😉 psst! Luv the dad dancing.

hi you lovely people also don't forget my scarf as well.. with lots of orange in it.. as for your engine maybe over revving ,...could be because your prop is the right one ..just worn down. the friction of it turning in the water does wear the prop down. so it get smaller and does not bit the water as much witch in turn makes the revs go up.. but your find out more when its out of the water. some good chandler can tell you what your prop size should be by your hull length and swim... there tell you the size and then maybe you can measure the diameter of you prop through your weed hatch this then may rest your mind...you will not be able to measure the pitch but you can do this when your out the water. hope this helped you a bit more.

Thanks for another great vlog. Always a pleasure to watch your adventures.

Very enjoyable! Looks like your garden is growing.

Hi Guys, Thanks for another great vlog. I was at Devizes recently and had a good look at the staircase locks. That's a lot of work. Poor Fran's arms after tackling that lot. Best of luck and happy cruising.

Already looking forward to your painting adventures - good luck 😉

Yeah.. you are back and looking well. Great video, happy days!

Brilliant video, love the dogs walking the gangplank! Those locks, looked really off putting with the force of water, good job you’ve both got your wits about you otherwise could have been very nasty. Both looking well and relaxed, boat life obviously suits you. 👍

The number of times we've stopped to open swing or lift bridges and cars have screeched past the barriers to race across before the bridge moves. Crazy

How good it was to see one of my company's trains pass in shot whilst you went through Reading, those old girls will be gone by the end of this year. I always enjoy that piece of music you played at 7:47, it really fits in well with the mood of the scene as you crawl along the canal.

You even managed to make Reading look nice! Looking forward to looking at the Etsy shop. As always a nice gentle video to watch with my lunch. Hope the painting goes well Rich.

Hi Rich & Fran, although I'm a touring caravaner, I love watching your videos. I've just started back to the beginning and now on E21. All the best for the future. Finding it a bit hard with lockdown, we should be away in the caravan but we are all in the same boat.😊😄

4:38.... A man!...... I think the dog would have walked the plank by herself.

I was over one year in July and did feel hotter than in Tennessee, actually it felt as if the sun was closer indeed an odd feeling.

A really enjoyable all-round video. What is it about shopping trolleys and canals? (The Tiller People, Keith & Bernadette, posted a beautiful video the other day that showed a shopping trolley or 2 ditched under a bridge). Just by the way, they have re-blacked their hull with 2-pot epoxy. More expensive than bitumen but considerably more durable, and easy to keep looking great. No softening and peeling away at the waterline to let rust attack the hull. I've used a similar epoxy on my wooden kayaks. These unfilled or (for surface coating products), fibreglass-filled epoxies, are excellent, and really worth thinking about. We've got friends over from NZ on a hireboat on the K&A right now near where you are. I'll email them and if they see you, suggest they stop and say hi. Like you, they are lovely, friendly easy-going people. Cheets from NZ.

Loving the videos, I had to laugh though, you mention 30 degrees as sweltering and 14 or 15 degrees as beautiful, I live just outside Sydney and 15 degrees is considered a cold winter's day. 30 degrees is considered a beautiful warm day :-)

hooray a new vid

We look forward to your vlogs every week. I was brought up in Reading but I didn't recognise it at all. Fran's weaving looks lovely, It will be good to see your work in your Etsy shop.

First to view, first to comment. I was just looking for your next episode to enjoy.

G'day from Down Under. Enjoying all of the videos. We did the Kennett and Avon Canal last year from Devizes to Kintbury and return, and had a great time. Back in 2014 we did the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, which is much narrower and the locks are nowhere near as fierce as on the K&A.Had a look at your Holiday Cottage on AirBNB and was surprised to find that its not far from Bucknell. We stayed in a beautiful B&B at Chapel Lawn whilst travelling around Herefordshire and Shropshire last year.Planning our next trip to the UK, which will be in 2019, so that the wife can catch up with family. Haven't decided what canal to do, maybe the Stratford Upon Avon. Any suggestions?Keep up the great work with the videos!

High revs not good to say the least. Places pressure on the system, I strongly believe.

It's a shame about the graffiti and the shopping carts. Live your Videos.

Hey guys. well figured it out .I love to watch your videos, as the thing that stands out for me is you two are my sister and her husband to the T . And there's me thinking they were one off's . .Are well. Anyway when you were talking about how the banks are over grown, and I know that it it not your job to do it. ,but I would have me a petrol weed whacker, and when coming across a problem like that . Just hop off and either do a length of the boat or just the bow/stern . that way A . easer to morr up and B easer for the dogs to see what they are doing. Just a thought. As for the prop . I personally would get the box and clutch checked as well, wouldn't hurt. one less thing to be concerned about latter.

Rich have you checked your fuel filters, injectors,fuel lines for leaks and blockage etc? a sudden lack of power under load is more commonly a fuel/injector issue,especially as the slopping about from waves and wakes of boats on the Thames may have stirred up silt/fuel contamination off the bottom of the fuel tank. It would seem very strange if the previous owner had not noticed a lack of power etc over their time of owning it and not mentioned it , if it was a incorrect prop/pitch issue.I have said it before but l recommend you get a workshop manual for you specific engine ie a Haynes, Gregorys etc.I am a diesal mechanc but still have them for all my personal machinary on the farm as well as my boats over the years.They are a cheap piece of mind as they give trouble shooting info,parts and tools needed for any work on the engine and correct part ID for replacement etc as well as proper maintenance schedules .They will pay for themselves 10X and give a lot of piece of mind with the ability to trouble shoot and repair yourself when away from any help. It also takes a surprisingly small amount of weed/debris on a prop/tiller to affect the boats performance, also if you had a lot of weed issues don't forget to check your bow thruster tubes as well (if you have them ).If you are in a bad weedy area it helps to run the boat in reverse for a sec and work your tiller from side to side to clear any weed foul,we do it as a matter of course before running through a bit of tiger country or rapids.Dont forget you were also fighting the tide on the Thames which makes a lot of difference if you are not use to it as well.A good way to do a check is document a few different runs with a GPS reading off your phone etc comparing rev's to actual speed then a call to one of the good boat yards would give you a rough diagnosis over the phone,but they have to be given the actual proper read outs using the info provided by using the GPS to accurately measure it. Great news on the knee coming good make sure you pay attention to the physio advice since it is working so well ,we all know us fella's are renowned for ignoring the medical advice .The new cabinet suits the boat especially now it has its Nick Nacks in place and the Hops. One of the worst school holiday jobs l ever had was Hop harvest on a small holding, we did it all by hand with a draught horse and wagon and were covered with falling spiders and biting bugs,l have taken my revenge by drinking as many Hops as l can manage at every opportunity :) That was some fancy brickwork on that little bridge with the false openings,you have to admire the old school workmanship on display on the canals all hidden as you drive over in a car .Happy Cruis'n and give the dogs a pat from us.

Really good to see another video guys, can you tell me which of those music tracks was playing while you were in that mega fierce lock? The weaving looks great Fran, nudging me towards getting a loom xxx

Can someone single hand cruise on the Kennet and Avon canal? Or do you need a helper? Love the vids

Are you allowed to carry a weed-whacker so you can cut out a mooring area where the bank is overgrown? I had a Poodle Mix who would take a seizure if he tried to walk across something like that.

You guys really are a great couple. Not something you see that much anymore. On a completely different subject, are you guys just joking about the spiders??!! If there’s really bugs and spiders getting onboard then that just killed my dream of getting a canal boat.